remote sensing
noun
technical
: the use of satellites to collect information about and take photographs of the Earth
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Chinese media reports suggest the Guowang satellites could accommodate a range of instrumentation, including broadband communications payloads, laser communications terminals, synthetic aperture radars, and optical remote sensing payloads.
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
In a landscape park in western Poland, remote sensing equipment discovered long, triangular formations below the surface, according to a July 9 Facebook post from the Team of Landscape Parks of the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
—Irene Wright
july 14, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
Field research can also be used in the opposite direction: to ground-truth the output from numerical models and remote sensing analyses.
—Sarah Boon
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Enhance Precision and Efficiency Integrating cutting-edge technologies such as real-time data analytics and remote sensing, for example, can significantly enhance the precision and efficiency of security assessments.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
In a landscape park in western Poland, remote sensing equipment discovered long, triangular formations below the surface, according to a July 9 Facebook post from the Team of Landscape Parks of the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
—Irene Wright
july 14, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
Field research can also be used in the opposite direction: to ground-truth the output from numerical models and remote sensing analyses.
—Sarah Boon
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Enhance Precision and Efficiency Integrating cutting-edge technologies such as real-time data analytics and remote sensing, for example, can significantly enhance the precision and efficiency of security assessments.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
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“Remote sensing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remote%20sensing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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